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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flag question (not total newbie)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 08:35:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161129083531.58716c50@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161129020950.15561.30AFAB04@matica.foolinux.mooo.com>

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On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:15:06 -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote:

> > No, I believe it means that the _option_ to enable or disable qt4 has
> > been removed.  
> 
> Well - notice the 'R'.  So the package (or at least the version, see
> below) has not been changed since last time.

The version hasn't changed but the USE flags have, hence the rebuild.
Probably because you are using either --newuse or --changed-use.

> Is it possible for the ebuild to change (in particular, for USE flags to
> be removed) without a change in version number?

Yes, ebuilds can be, and are, changed without a revision bump under some
circumstances. Hence the presence of the above flags for emerge. I prefer
--changed-use since it is less intrusive, only rebuilding when the
changed USE flag actually makes a difference.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Top Oxymorons Number 15: Extinct Life

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  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-29  8:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-29  1:34 [gentoo-user] USE flag question (not total newbie) Ian Zimmerman
2016-11-29  1:55 ` Stroller
2016-11-29  2:15   ` [gentoo-user] " Ian Zimmerman
2016-11-29  8:35     ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2016-11-29  9:51     ` Alan McKinnon
2016-11-29  4:12 ` [gentoo-user] " J. Roeleveld
2016-11-29  4:59   ` [gentoo-user] " Ian Zimmerman
2016-11-29  8:37     ` Neil Bothwick
2016-11-29 12:26     ` Peter Humphrey
2016-11-29 12:48       ` Alan McKinnon
2016-11-29 18:36         ` Ian Zimmerman
2016-11-30  5:44           ` J. Roeleveld
2016-11-30  8:31             ` Ian Zimmerman
2016-11-30  9:40               ` J. Roeleveld

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